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Saturday, April 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold 「＜ミスターＫï¼ï¼‘＞石井館長も暴力団ã«è„…ã•ã‚Œã¦ã„ãŸï¼ã€ ケイ・コンフィデンス・å·åˆèª 矢社長　 According to a tease for the next (upcoming) edition of Shukan Gendai, promoter Seiya Kawamata is going to talk to the magazine in-depth in regards to the various threats that former K-1 President Kazuyoshi Ishii received from the yakuza. We’ll find out (at least Kawamata’s story) where those threats were […]
Cagewarriors release Strike Force 5 bouts for free download
Saturday, April 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering After a successful Strike Force 5 show last month the Cagewarriors Fighting Championships have had numerous requests from its pan-European fanbase to see the action that went on inside the Skydome Arena on March 25th. Well thanks in part to their Production Company, Cagewarriors are proud to announce that 2 fights from […]
Killing a Gimmick~!
Friday, April 7th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson In 2000, and in 2003 the PRIDE GP Tournaments were special. They were events that didn’t happen everyday, and because of that, the intrigue to watch was higher than for your run-of-the-mill card. Fast forward to 2006. Since 2003, we’ve now had FOUR GP Tournaments in a little less than four years, […]
Bushido Welterweight tournament
Thursday, April 6th, 2006DSE announced a 16-man Welterweight tournament format for the Bushido series. The three Japanese top names of the tournament will be Akihiro Gono, Makoto Takimoto, & Ryo Chonan. The promotion announced the next Bushido show taking place at Saitama Super Arena on 6/4. Dan Henderson (Welterweight champion), Murilo Bustamante, Dennis Kang, Phil Baroni, & Paulo […]
TUF3 – SEASON PREMIERE~! Review.
Thursday, April 6th, 2006The Ultimate Fighter – Season Three SEASON PREMIERE~! Review By: Luke Nicholson The show starts with Dana White introducing the coaches. OH YEAH~! Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock are introduced. Dana then recaps the seemingly life-long feud between the two. Including the fight at UFC 40, and Shamrock’s face, which was churned into ground beef […]
Quick media round-up
Thursday, April 6th, 2006By Zach Arnold A very interesting article in The Hippo publication, talking about why New Hampshire is about to experience a big MMA boom because of difficulties between promoters and the Massachusetts athletic commission. Thanks to everyone who has listened to the new FOR show. If you haven’t already, now is the time to do […]
More on 5/5 Osaka Dome show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006DSE’s US web site has a posting claiming that Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mirko Cro Cop and Josh Barnett vs. Emelianenko Alexander have been signed as fights for the 5/5 Osaka Dome show. What’s odd about his announcement is that PRIDE’s US web site has this listed, but their Japanese web site (which always makes announcements […]
Kawamata interviewed in Shukan Gendai
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold Since the release of three Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza members last month, many insiders in the Japanese fight industry have been wanting to hear the reaction from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 promoter, Seiya Kawamata. This week’s edition of Shukan Gendai is the first part of a long series in which the magazine talks to Mr. […]
Mainstream media round-up
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold Marilla Stephenson in The Chronicle Herald, the Halifax (Nova Scotia) newspaper which has been mostly negative towards the upcoming 4/29 MMA event in the area, wrote an incredulous column about why cage-fighting should be banned in the region. We’re working on trying to invite her for an interview on our radio show. […]
PRIDE’s 5/5 Osaka Dome plans
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE announced Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima as the top match for their 5/5 Osaka Dome show. The announcement garnered some media attention, but ran against the weigh-ins of fighters for the K-1 4/5 World MAX show. Masato’s weigh-in was the dominant story in the Japanese press on Wednesday. The 5/5 Osaka […]
Jason Tan Interview
Monday, April 3rd, 2006By Mark Pickering Jason Tan is a promising welterweight prospect from Liverpool, England who is set to pursue the sport on a full-time basis. Tan has a perfect record of 4-0 with his most recent victory coming against Cage Rage’s top ranked middleweight Alex Reid at WCFC No Guts No Glory on March 18th.
IFC: Caged Combat 4/1
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006By Erin Bucknell I was in attendance for the IFC Caged Combat show at Arco Arena in Sacramento on 4/1. I went into the this not expecting a whole lot in terms of a great show as several matches had already been cancelled/rearranged. The fact that the show started an hour late did not help […]
Mainstream media malfeasance – again
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Last week, we linked to an article in USA Today that lumped Toughman boxing with MMA. It hit a real nerve with readers, and I was afraid that the USA Today would snowball into more stupidity. And it has. Today’s USA Today editorial/opinion feedback section has a letter from “Bud Stuart” of […]
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